Cordless drill gift, but ...

Just been given a Hitachi cordless drill which is in good working order, but
the batteries have seen better days. For the sort of prices I've been able
find on the Interweb to refurbish/replace them, I could buy a new cordless
drill with 2 batteries & charger from Screwfix. Can anyone recommend a
company that will refurbish the old battery packs (type EB12) for an
affordable price? I found a US company that can do it for around $40, but
it's about £40 here ... no surprises there then.

Thanks Dave. The two part case looks like it's held together with screws -
I removed them, but still couldn't split the casing apart. Perhaps I'll try
again and be a little more .. er, .. "persuasive" this time (bigger hammer!)
... got nothing to lose really.

I've used it over 400 times for both buying and selling. And have had only
one bad experience. Due to an item being miss-described. Still waiting for
the outcome of a dispute about this.
In my experience the vast number of those selling on Ebay are more
reliable and honest than the average trader elsewhere.

It wasn't a trader but a security issue - my credit card was scammed. I was
advertising my daughter's car for sale and of course was required to supply
the card details to pay for the ad. Next day, I received several phony
e-mails purporting to be from e-Bay asking for confirmation of details. To
the unwary, I'm sure they would have looked authentic, but I recognised them
for what they were and didn't reply. Then, the next day I found the card
was blocked when I tried to book some show tickets over the 'phone. The
Fraud section at Barclaycard confirmed that it had been blocked because of
"an uncharacteristic spending pattern" - top-up payments for a mobile phone
network that I didn't use, train tickets, purchases from some mail order
warehouse like Grattans or something ... Barclays covered the losses
amounting to several hundred pounds and issued me with a new card.
I like to think I employ best practice in my home computing environment and
in many years of purchasing items on line that's the only time I've ever had
a problem, so I drew my own conclusions. To be fair, I have many friends
and acquaintances who, like you, have used e-Bay many times without anything
untoward occurring, but after that experience I'm afraid there's no second
chance .........

Given the size of Ebay I'd be surprised if they were the root cause.
Especially if you just suddenly started receiving phishing emails trying
to look like they came from Ebay immediately after registering.

It could also be glued or ultrasonic welded. A useful tip I picked up
for disassembling battery packs which also works with wallwart type
PSUs like this: Clamp it in a vice, tighten till it slightly distorts
the case, you will probably hear a *crack*, then release and do it at
90 degrees to crack the other 2 sides, works a treat usually :-)

--
The follies which a man regrets most in his life are those
which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.

You can buy new here:
http://www.lawson-his.co.uk/scripts/products.php?cat=Hitachi%20Batteries
Recell here:
http://www.re-cell.co.uk/hitachi.html
While you may be able to buy a complete drill for the price of a
battery, it won't be of the same quality as the Hitachi, which are
pretty good on drills.

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